Improvement in funnels



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

C. L. LOUHMAN, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FUNNELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,347, dated August 21, 1866.

'110 all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, C. L. LOCHMAN, ot' Garlisle, in the county ot Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Funnel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot this specification.

Figure l represents a longitudinal section of my funnel. A A is the body of the same; B B., an air-tube. cc is a spigot or valve moving iu the faucet part d by means ot' the connecting-rod Gr; E E, a metallic screw washer or fastener, and F is a strainer or colander.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the spigot. A represents it open, and B closed.

I construct my funnel in any convenient i'orm and of the usual material used for ordinary Vtunnels, providing it with a metallic scre\v,-E E, in the i'oz n1 ot' ai'rustum of a cone, to :fix it tightly in the hung-hole of a cask when being used, and having a valve tted to the spout to open and close the same with the rod Gr in the manner of a spigot working in a faucet.

The Huid escapes through 011e or more openings in the faucet d when the openings or recesses in the spigot correspond with said openings, and a partial revolution of said spigot closes the spout ot' the funnel (when the vessel is full) and prevents the loss of any liquid that may remain in` the funnel at its removal.

As the liquid enters the cask the displaced air escapes through the tube B B and any tluid that may escape with the air is prevented from passing over the funnel by the shield D.

The strainer F catches any foreign matter, in the form of small particles, that may be contained in the liquid.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A funnel provided at the spout with a spigot or valve worked by the upright rod H, for opening and closing the same, substantially as set forth.

2. A funnel having a valve at its nozzle and a screw washer or fastener at its neck, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a funnel having` a metallic or an elastic washer, E E, and avalve or a stopple at the spout, an air-tube, B B, and shield D, for the purpose speciiied.

C. L. LOCHMAN.

Attest:

GEO. W. NORTH, DAVID SMITH. 

